Kathleen Ellis and Jefferson Navicky Read from New Books on October 12 Please join us this Thursday, October 12, at 4:30pm for a literary reading by Kathleen Ellis and Jefferson Navicky, both of whom published new books earlier this year. The event, which will be held in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE Space in […]
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Dylan Dryer Named Coeditor of Written Communication Dylan Dryer joins his longtime friend Prof. Mya Poe of Northeastern University in guiding the international quarterly Written Communication. The journal, which is published in print and online by SAGE publishing, was established in 1984 and is the leading empirical-research journal in Writing Studies and “sponsors a broad […]
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Heather Falconer Wins Writing Across Curriculum Award This past summer the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum recognized Heather Falconer’s monograph Masking Inequality with Good Intentions: Systemic Bias, Counterspaces, and Discourse Acquisition in STEM Education as the 2023 recipient of the WAC Best Monograph Award. The award is given annually to an authored book (including […]
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Welcome Back, Everyone The new academic year successfully got underway on August 28, and as we head into the fourth week of the fall semester, the English Department is offering instruction to just under 2250 students across 130 different class sections. Neville Hall classrooms and first floor common spaces, including the lobby outside the large […]
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English Department Recognition Ceremony Today at 4pm Come help us celebrate this year’s student accomplishments at a Recognition Ceremony to be held in the Writing Center (fourth floor of Neville Hall) this afternoon, May 2, starting at 4pm. RSVPs for this relaxed, low-key event are encouraged but not required. In addition to inducting students into […]
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Guest Lecturers in Life Writing Seminar Led by Caroline Bicks Students in Caroline Bicks’s ENG 402 course on Life Writing had two guest visitors this week: Jim Smith, Professor of Irish Culture and Literature at Boston College, Zoomed in to talk about his work with the advocacy group Justice for Magdalenes Research. He and his […]
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Open Field Launch Party Thursday at 5pm The Open Field is the student-edited undergraduate literary journal at UMaine. This Thursday, fiction editor Paige McHatten and poetry editor Megan Ashe invite you to celebrate the 2022 issue by attending a reading by contributors in the IMRC Fernald APPE Space (Stewart Commons 104) starting at 5pm. Copies […]
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Departmental Writing Awards Open for Submission Each year the English Department recognizes excellence in the genres of poetry, fiction, playwriting, and essay writing through the Grady, Grenfell, Hamlet, and Turner prizes. This year’s deadline for submission is April 22. Guidelines are available here (and attached) and queries can be sent to the Director of Creative […]
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Choosing Classes for the Fall English majors, minors, and master’s students are invited to consult the course descriptions for the fall semester of 2022 that were shared with academic advisors last week. In the document, which is structured to mirror major requirements, you will find links to catalog descriptions and to instructors as well as […]
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As we return from spring break with six weeks remaining in the academic year, advising for the fall term gets underway in earnest. English majors are encouraged to reach out to their academic advisors to schedule an appointment. The CLAS Advising and Academic Services Center is also available to help. English minors do not have […]
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